Our Public Schools: Their Influence on English History; Charter House, Eton, Harrow, Merchant Taylors', Rugby, St. Paul's Westminster, WinchesterS. Sonnenschein & Company, limited, 1901 - 462 pages |
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... tells me , got very expert in reading their repetitions upside down , from the book in the hands of the master who heard them . Then came breakfast , when the gown - boys were again separated from their schoolfellows , who went to ...
... tells me , got very expert in reading their repetitions upside down , from the book in the hands of the master who heard them . Then came breakfast , when the gown - boys were again separated from their schoolfellows , who went to ...
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... tell the monitor to enter his name in the Black Book three times and intimated that he would flog him after school for what he was pleased to call " acting a lie " The boy rose to a high official position in later life and thanks this ...
... tell the monitor to enter his name in the Black Book three times and intimated that he would flog him after school for what he was pleased to call " acting a lie " The boy rose to a high official position in later life and thanks this ...
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... tells me that Michael Angelo and Thackeray , both as boys , had their noses broken , and that this coincidence probably explains why our Carthusian took the nom de plume of Michael Angelo Titmarsh . Thackeray never imputed any of his ...
... tells me that Michael Angelo and Thackeray , both as boys , had their noses broken , and that this coincidence probably explains why our Carthusian took the nom de plume of Michael Angelo Titmarsh . Thackeray never imputed any of his ...
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... tells us that Steele was a man of greater intellectual activity than Addison , though of less genius . Steele had , however , to await the coming of the greatest of Carthusian humourists for a complete vindication of his character . It ...
... tells us that Steele was a man of greater intellectual activity than Addison , though of less genius . Steele had , however , to await the coming of the greatest of Carthusian humourists for a complete vindication of his character . It ...
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... tell us whether this meant the Upper or Lower Green or both . All Englishmen must be grateful to Dean Stanley for putting up a Memorial to this Old Carthusian in Westminster Abbey , and for his noble tribute to the Founder of ...
... tell us whether this meant the Upper or Lower Green or both . All Englishmen must be grateful to Dean Stanley for putting up a Memorial to this Old Carthusian in Westminster Abbey , and for his noble tribute to the Founder of ...
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